One Man’s Mission to Protect Chinatown
In February 2020, Karlin Chan began a group called the Chinatown Block Watch to patrol his New York City neighborhood and act as a “visual deterrent” to anti-Asian attacks. One year and one pandemic l...
8 Apr 202121min
How Worried to Be About Michigan
Michigan is currently home to 13 of the worst performing metro areas when it comes to the coronavirus. They recently surpassed 10,000 new cases and their curve has “gone vertical”. With vaccine distri...
7 Apr 202122min
Biden’s Big Swing
Last week, President Biden rolled out an ambitious infrastructure plan that relies on increased taxes on corporations to fund big changes to America’s infrastructure. His plan goes beyond putting pave...
6 Apr 202121min
The Bizarre Origin Story of the Gaetz Scandal
Last week, The New York Times reported that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was under investigation by the Justice Department over his relationships with women recruited online for sex, and whether he had sex...
5 Apr 202124min
Introducing: ICYMI
ICYMI is Slate’s new podcast about internet culture. It’s a show for people who have a healthy relationship with the internet, made by people who really, really don’t. It’s hosted by Slate’s Madison M...
4 Apr 202128min
TBD | The Fight Over Vaccine Passports
There are at least 17 different “vaccine passport” initiatives underway in the United States. And leaked documents reveal that the Biden administration fears that “a chaotic and ineffective vaccine cr...
2 Apr 202122min
The Fight Over Vaccine Passports
There are at least 17 different “vaccine passport” initiatives underway in the United States. And leaked documents reveal that the Biden administration fears that “a chaotic and ineffective vaccine cr...
2 Apr 202122min
LA’s Housing Crisis Hits A Boiling Point
Los Angeles’s Echo Park Lake is home to swan boats, running trails and space for members of it’s rapidly gentrifying community to gather during the pandemic. Up until last week, it was also home to ov...
1 Apr 202121min
